[PATCH] _04m2 <DOC> perlfunc.pod (fwd)

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlform.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlform.pod b/pod/perlform.pod
index 75351b6..0b2a68c 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlform.pod
+++ b/pod/perlform.pod
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ apart from all the other "types" in Perl.  This means that if you have a
 function named "Foo", it is not the same thing as having a format named
 "Foo".  However, the default name for the format associated with a given
 filehandle is the same as the name of the filehandle.  Thus, the default
-format for STDOUT is name "STDOUT", and the default format for filehandle
-TEMP is name "TEMP".  They just look the same.  They aren't.
+format for STDOUT is named "STDOUT", and the default format for filehandle
+TEMP is named "TEMP".  They just look the same.  They aren't.
 
 Output record formats are declared as follows:
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ that substitute values into the line.  Each field in a picture line starts
 with either "@" (at) or "^" (caret).  These lines do not undergo any kind
 of variable interpolation.  The at field (not to be confused with the array
 marker @) is the normal kind of field; the other kind, caret fields, are used
-to do rudimentary multiline text block filling.  The length of the field
+to do rudimentary multi-line text block filling.  The length of the field
 is supplied by padding out the field with multiple "E<lt>", "E<gt>", or "|"
 characters to specify, respectively, left justification, right
 justification, or centering.  If the variable would exceed the width
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ As an alternate form of right justification, you may also use "#"
 characters (with an optional ".") to specify a numeric field.  This way
 you can line up the decimal points.  If any value supplied for these
 fields contains a newline, only the text up to the newline is printed.
-Finally, the special field "@*" can be used for printing multiline,
+Finally, the special field "@*" can be used for printing multi-line,
 nontruncated values; it should appear by itself on a line.
 
 The values are specified on the following line in the same order as